--- title: Museums and National Parks Are Both Free on Saturday description: On Saturday, September 26, admission to more than 1,000 museums and every national park in the country is free. authors: - name: Brad Tuttle role: Senior Editor url: https://money.com/author/brad-tuttle/ bio: Brad Tuttle is a former senior editor at Money with over 10 years’ experience covering a vast number of personal finance topics, including careers, cars, travel, budgeting, investing, insurance, credit cards, consumer psychology, real estate, banking, and shopping and deals. education: Columbia University School of Journalism, MS at_money_since: 2014 articles: 366 covers: - Lifestyle - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Health and Wellness - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Pets - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://twitter.com/bradrtuttle - https://linkedin.com/in/brad-tuttle-834b225 former_staff: true published: '2015-09-24T11:30:11.000Z' modified: '2015-09-24T11:30:11.000Z' section: Lifestyle tags: - Culture - deals - freebies - Leisure - nature - Travel word_count: 325 canonical: https://money.com/free-admission-museums-national-parks-day/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Flight deck of Intrepid Sea Air and Space Museum, New York](https://img.money.com/2015/09/150923_em_museumsnationalparks.jpg) *Flight deck of Intrepid Sea Air and Space Museum, New York* Science, arts, history, and culture? Or the great outdoors? Take your pick this Saturday, and no matter which way you go, admission won't cost a dime. This Saturday, September 26, is [National Public Lands Day](http://www.publiclandsday.org/), one of a half-dozen or so annual [fee-free days at national parks](http://www.nps.gov/findapark/feefreeparks.htm) around the country. As such, normal admissions prices—$30 for entrance with a vehicle at Yellowstone, $20 for Shenandoah, and so on—are being waived. In addition to the removal of entrance fees, Public Lands Day stands out as a day when some [175,000 volunteers](http://www.publiclandsday.org/newsroom/releases/more-175000-volunteers-expected-national-public-lands-day-september-26-2015) are expected to turn up ready to work at parks, trails, forests, and other publicly owned lands nationwide. It has become tradition for volunteer groups to clean up trash, restore trails, plant trees, and run educational programs on this day. Meanwhile, *Smithsonian* magazine's annual [Museum Day Live!](http://www.smithsonianmag.com/ist/?next=/museumday/) is also taking place on Saturday, September 26, when well over 1,000 museums around the country offer free admission. Participating in the day isn't as simple as showing up and asking to get in free, however. To get free admission, you must [register and request tickets](http://www.smithsonianmag.com/museumday/tickets/) for up to two people at the specific museum you wish to visit. Tickets are available for immediate download, and visitors should print them out or have the image handy on a mobile device when arriving at the museum. As mentioned, there are more than 1,000 participating museums, and as you'd guess the options are particularly plentiful in big cities. They include institutions such as New York City's [Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum](http://www.intrepidmuseum.org/), where general admission normally runs $24, as well as the [Grammy Museum](http://www.grammymuseum.org/) in Los Angeles ($12.95), the [U.S.S. Constitution Museum](https://ussconstitutionmuseum.org/visit/plan/) in Cambridge, Mass., (suggested donation $5 to $10), the [Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum](http://www.motorcyclemuseum.org/) near Columbus, Ohio ($10), and hundreds more non-profit institutions devoted to science, art, culture, and history. 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